Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Those be some high-fallutin words

Mr. Migraine: "I think I've figured out why I'm having headaches."

Dr. Grumpy: "What's that?"

Mr. Migraine: "My neurotransmitters are creating a pro-inflammatory non-modulating environment of excitatory free-radicals resulting in stimulation of the trigeminothalamic activating system."

Pause

Dr. Grumpy: "So, what do you think that means?"

Mr. Migraine: "Don't know. I read it on a blog."
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14 comments:

  1. Officer CynicalFebruary 26, 2013 at 7:25 AM

    It means my head hurts.

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  2. PackerFebruary 26, 2013 at 8:12 AM

    Yay, Officer Cynical. First comment out of the box nails it.
    And Dr. G good to see you messing with the patient.

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  3. ErinFebruary 26, 2013 at 9:10 AM

    Props to him for memorizing that.

    Oh, and you're late, we covered migraines/triptans/ergots 3 weeks ago. Keep up.

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  4. FootieFebruary 26, 2013 at 10:16 AM

    Mr M: "So what should I do..."

    Family Doc: "Take two aspirin and don't call me in the morning"

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  5. Ms. DonnaFebruary 26, 2013 at 12:30 PM

    I don't know if that is right, sounds good. As Erin said, props to him for remembering all that(Organic chem made my eyes glaze)

    Now the well-educated MD (or Yak Herder) should help him w/ the problem. I think it needs more that asprin . . .

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  6. AnonymousFebruary 26, 2013 at 4:35 PM

    Well, now I'VE read it on a blog.

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  7. AmiFebruary 26, 2013 at 4:42 PM

    I always wondered what caused my migraines. Silly me, I thought it was hormones, MSG, hormones and MSG. I'm glad I stopped by today.

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  8. AnonymousFebruary 26, 2013 at 5:16 PM

    That's the pathogenesis, what he really needs is the aetiology.

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  9. WendyFebruary 27, 2013 at 2:42 AM

    I once asked my hemotologist when he explained to me I have factor V Leiden "but what about the protein C independent function of protein S?" he didn't know.......
    It was the subject of the promotion of a friend of mine and my hematologist was one of his promotors.

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  10. drsatyajitsahu.blogspot.inFebruary 27, 2013 at 3:01 AM

    ha ha ha good one

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  11. MalFebruary 27, 2013 at 3:13 AM

    Google-chondria wins again.

    "I don't know what it is, but now I'm sure I have it."

    There's a reason you should never google your symptoms.

    I stay away from message boards about my condition for precisely this reason; my current symptoms are quite bad enough - I don't need to convince myself I've acquired more.

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  12. jillianFebruary 27, 2013 at 11:26 PM

    Oh! Trigemino-something! I have a little dental appliance I wear at night called a Nociceptive Trigeminal Inhibition Tension Suppression System, or NTI-TSS. It's meant to help prevent migraines. It kind of works (shrug). But it's fun to tell people what NTI-TSS stands for, even if I have no idea what the name means (something about clenching, apparently).

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  13. Patti CadwalladerFebruary 28, 2013 at 7:20 PM

    Oh man....and all these years I didn't know this until I read your blog!

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  14. CMarch 5, 2013 at 8:54 PM

    the trigeminal nerve is a bad design... all over the place and bound to cause problems. should be re-engineered.

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So wadda you think?